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say republicans do not quite see things that way, speaker boehner refusing to consider a rate hike would put the would expect of an end of year deal to avoid a cliff locking more like a chasm. the public debt watcher is our guest. what do you think? >>guest: well, the president did double down on raising taxes today. he is taking the easy way out. he didn't talk about spending. he had a casual mention of cutting spending and addressing entitlements and those are the drivers of the debt. we have to be clear this starting offer is $1.6 trillion raising taxes we had $1.2 trillion deficit just last year. i don't think this is a one-sided problem. >>neil: something happened between the negotiating situation and removing the other argument, the spending argument and $1.6 trillion insisting it be a rate cut orate hike, he has removed doubt where the negotiations should go. is he interpreting or overinterpretting the election? he says the american people support that view. what do you think? >> i don't think the american people support that. if his own campaign, axelrod came out and said the pre
say republicans do not quite see things that way, speaker boehner refusing to consider a rate hike would put the would expect of an end of year deal to avoid a cliff locking more like a chasm. the public debt watcher is our guest. what do you think? >>guest: well, the president did double down on raising taxes today. he is taking the easy way out. he didn't talk about spending. he had a casual mention of cutting spending and addressing entitlements and those are the drivers of the debt....
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loser speaker of the house john boehner. he offered the president a peace pipe and got in return a demand that he turned over his sword, his shirt and at the end his trousers. that is a rather embarrassing position for the speaker. >> bret: he will be asked about it on "fox news sunday" with chris wallace. that is it for the panel. but stay tuned to see one thing congress did accomplish today. victor! victor! i got your campbell's chunky soup. mom? who's mom? i'm the giants mascot. the giants don't have a mascot! ohhh! eat up! new jammin jerk chicken soup has tasty pieces of chicken with rice and beans. hmmm. for giant hunger! thanks mom! see ya! whoaa...oops! mom? i'm ok. grandma? hi sweetie! she operates the head. [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. it fills you up right. >> bret: finally tonight, the big power ball lottery is over but the house had its own lottery today the office lottery for the incoming class of house freshman who become lawmakers early next year. this is a really big deal. they draw lots for the
loser speaker of the house john boehner. he offered the president a peace pipe and got in return a demand that he turned over his sword, his shirt and at the end his trousers. that is a rather embarrassing position for the speaker. >> bret: he will be asked about it on "fox news sunday" with chris wallace. that is it for the panel. but stay tuned to see one thing congress did accomplish today. victor! victor! i got your campbell's chunky soup. mom? who's mom? i'm the giants...
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more broadly and as more broadly than just to boehner. all these republicans, either half of them are partiers and the other half who aren't are scared to death they are going to be primaried in their next election by a tea party. >> just quickly here, what do you make of speaker boehner not coming out, at least at this point, being more direct regarding tax cuts for the wealthiest? from conservative radio to members of his own party, which started with tom cole earthquake the congressman it is all but impossible for the party to avoid that concession, if it is a concession or fairness, whatever your description or perspective, it is unavoidable. >> i saw what smerconish said in your earlier segment, republicans should embrace it, they can turn around and put pressure on obama. but you and i and smerconish don't really know what the conservative base in john boehner's district and other districts around the country, house districts around the country are going to do when boehner and other house members say that they embrace that tax hike.
more broadly and as more broadly than just to boehner. all these republicans, either half of them are partiers and the other half who aren't are scared to death they are going to be primaried in their next election by a tea party. >> just quickly here, what do you make of speaker boehner not coming out, at least at this point, being more direct regarding tax cuts for the wealthiest? from conservative radio to members of his own party, which started with tom cole earthquake the congressman...
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speaker boehner says revenues are on the table but we have news for him, when it comes to hiking the taxes, democrats do plan to run the table reportedly not keen on a republican plan to only close loopholes that curb deductions to raise revenue. and democratic leaders expect that and a rate increase, a move that could conceivably send the top rate closer to 45 percent tan the 40 percent they talking about now. when you throw in added surtaxes to pay for health care, the "wall street journal" reporter says you could be look at 50 percent top rate. or more. here we go. >>reporter: that is true if the live in the state of california or someone like you would works, why know if you live in new york but you work in w york and the tax rates in new york city could go do 50 percent and california as high as 52 percent, we have not seen rates that high since the 1970's. >>neil: leave aside what will happen on health care people forget this is a lot more than just returning to the clinton top rate of 39.6 percent. it is about going well beyond that and the fact that democrats are feeling thei
speaker boehner says revenues are on the table but we have news for him, when it comes to hiking the taxes, democrats do plan to run the table reportedly not keen on a republican plan to only close loopholes that curb deductions to raise revenue. and democratic leaders expect that and a rate increase, a move that could conceivably send the top rate closer to 45 percent tan the 40 percent they talking about now. when you throw in added surtaxes to pay for health care, the "wall street...
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tears on barack obama's cheeks looking a bit like john boehner. but now they will battle. for the past four years, republicans up here have been super unified. not one defecting in some of the biggest fights. now, even before his second term starts, president obama's vowing to get gop allies for this fight. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, capitol hill. >>> after more than a week of long lines, drivers in new york say the newly implemented gas rationing program appears to be working. it is similar to the program in new jersey. vehicles with odd numbered license plates fill up on monday and vehicles with even numbered plates do the same the next day. only quarter of new york city gas stags are open as that city still recovers from superstorm sandy. wi widespread destruction from that storm will make it the largest relief effort from the red cross since hurricane katrina. >> a long time before things get back to normal. >>> for us, the prospect of a glitch this weekend ahead, huh? >> delicious, yes. i seldom use that term in weather, but, yes, quite that. delicious. very nice
tears on barack obama's cheeks looking a bit like john boehner. but now they will battle. for the past four years, republicans up here have been super unified. not one defecting in some of the biggest fights. now, even before his second term starts, president obama's vowing to get gop allies for this fight. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, capitol hill. >>> after more than a week of long lines, drivers in new york say the newly implemented gas rationing program appears to be working. it...
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speaker boehner has control of the house. and majority leader reed reed has his and mcconle the minority leader. you need certain amount of republicans in the senate to come with the president. they have their own power base they are working it is it the triangulation that we will see. who and what form is it the coalition that are need tod pass something. >> welcome to divided government. >> there you g. >> in this setting right now. everybody has an interest in finding a way to making progress and giving the american people what they wanted from all of their leaders some substantive move forward on the big issues that face the country. taxes and spending are on everyoney mind. >> gop's give on taxes. you think the democrats will play fair on entitlements. >> that is on the agenda democrats recognize it is it not only increasing the revenue. you need a balance. both increase in revenue, but you need a cut in spending. >> you can't ignore the path. if we don't reform entitlements, there is it a country that is broke. as long
speaker boehner has control of the house. and majority leader reed reed has his and mcconle the minority leader. you need certain amount of republicans in the senate to come with the president. they have their own power base they are working it is it the triangulation that we will see. who and what form is it the coalition that are need tod pass something. >> welcome to divided government. >> there you g. >> in this setting right now. everybody has an interest in finding a way...
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also wisconsin's scott walk ear and john boehner are both here. he tells something about congressman ryan we bet you didn't know. rush limbaugh he is jazzed. why is so jazzed. rush will tell you himself. first, he may know paul ryan. he is his brother. nice to see you kevin. >> it's pretty crazy. >> greta: how did you find out? >> maybe a few hours before everybody else. friday night late we got the call. just gotten off the phone speaking with my mother. told me the news. i didn't know what to tell him. i didn't sleep that night. >> greta: how many years? >> five years. >> we have a picture when you were young. i take it you are close? >> he is very close. there is four of us. ten-year span. he and i are number three and number four. we shared a bedroom growing up. so we certainly been through a lot totaling. we are raising our family together in janesville we're about very close. >> i met your wife but she is from out of state. you have accepted her into the family? >> we 6. >> and his wife is not but from oklahoma? >> we have two southern gals.
also wisconsin's scott walk ear and john boehner are both here. he tells something about congressman ryan we bet you didn't know. rush limbaugh he is jazzed. why is so jazzed. rush will tell you himself. first, he may know paul ryan. he is his brother. nice to see you kevin. >> it's pretty crazy. >> greta: how did you find out? >> maybe a few hours before everybody else. friday night late we got the call. just gotten off the phone speaking with my mother. told me the news. i...
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speaker boehner said we have the request and we will view it they need to make sure they don't spend too much money they don't should saying it is our responsible to make sure they are giting the most . that i can sure they are times and targeted. governors of new york and jers. asked for it 79.billion and this is well short of governors and senators are thankful for the money and senators say it is it a tough fight in the congress given the fiscal cliff . members are not friendly to disaster relief. but the care has given a good head start. president obama signed an executive ordering the tax force . it will be shared by the secretary of housing and urban. >> and tough words from mike huckabee. when it comes to the bible. american is ignorant. >> news anchors and enterstain tainers who think they understand. they will have weird ideas about what the and. he goes on to say there is it a lack of understanding about who jesus is. is america bib biblically ignorant. i will read thos responses later in the hour. >> the economic forecast remains challenging . we'll see more unemployment l
speaker boehner said we have the request and we will view it they need to make sure they don't spend too much money they don't should saying it is our responsible to make sure they are giting the most . that i can sure they are times and targeted. governors of new york and jers. asked for it 79.billion and this is well short of governors and senators are thankful for the money and senators say it is it a tough fight in the congress given the fiscal cliff . members are not friendly to disaster...
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>> i think that is more speaker john boehner try to put the blame on the senate. i think all along these issues have been happening between the president and the speaker so it seems that is where a deal will have to come from. if it were up to john -- president obama and senator harry reid to come up with a bill that would have come up with one by now. the problem is, would never deal the come up wealth have a -- cake hunter is the corresponding with bloomberg news. come follow her on twitter. thank you for the update. >> after the house leadership will their proposal on the floor because it didn't have enough votes, the whitehouse said president obama is hopeful a deal -- is hopeful a deal can be reached. here is part of the debate on speaker john boehner's plan b from the house floor. the president of the united states supports tax reform. he strongly supports the notion of taking the top corporate tax rate from 35% to 25%. that is a very positive area of agreement that we have. i will say that we have been trying to put into place a real meaningful tax reforms
>> i think that is more speaker john boehner try to put the blame on the senate. i think all along these issues have been happening between the president and the speaker so it seems that is where a deal will have to come from. if it were up to john -- president obama and senator harry reid to come up with a bill that would have come up with one by now. the problem is, would never deal the come up wealth have a -- cake hunter is the corresponding with bloomberg news. come follow her on...
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. >>> and president obama and house speaker john boehner are talking again. but that is about the only thing close to progress in efforts to avoid the fiscal cliff. president obama used his weekly address insisting he is ready to make the tough decisions on spending cuts. >> i am willing to make more entitlement spending cuts on top of the one trillion in spending cuts i signed into law last year. but if we're serious about reducing our deficit while still investing in things like education and research that are important to growing our economy, and if we're serious about protecting middle class families then we're also going to have to ask the wealthiest americans to pay higher tax rates. that is one principle i wouldn't compromise on. >> speaker john boehner has a different view. he says the president needs to abandon what he called his "my way or the highway approach," in his words. if the president does that a lot of things are possible. >>> syrian rebels are battling army units around the capital. activists say 26 people were killed in the damascus subur
. >>> and president obama and house speaker john boehner are talking again. but that is about the only thing close to progress in efforts to avoid the fiscal cliff. president obama used his weekly address insisting he is ready to make the tough decisions on spending cuts. >> i am willing to make more entitlement spending cuts on top of the one trillion in spending cuts i signed into law last year. but if we're serious about reducing our deficit while still investing in things...
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speaker boehner has to start counting votes. he has the majority in numbers but how much he can do or thought do, that will be dependent on a handful of fiscal conservatives on the right. >>neil: would charlie rangel be okay with a plan initially for republicans if this is what they put forward to close the loopholes and transaction breaks for millionaires without formally raising the rates and that is their initial proposal on revenue meaning taxes go up but it is not formally raising rates would you say yes or month? >>guest: there is enough money there to make it renew neutral but we have to raise money from the upper income people. >>neil: and the only way did do it in your eyes is to raise the rates? >>guest: we have to really see what he is talking about because they get a lot of preferential treatment in the tax code. >>neil: you could do it? >>guest: it is possible to do that if you cut out all the prefer usual treatment they are getting. that is not going to be easy. everyone wants tax cuts and get rid of loopholes. >>n
speaker boehner has to start counting votes. he has the majority in numbers but how much he can do or thought do, that will be dependent on a handful of fiscal conservatives on the right. >>neil: would charlie rangel be okay with a plan initially for republicans if this is what they put forward to close the loopholes and transaction breaks for millionaires without formally raising the rates and that is their initial proposal on revenue meaning taxes go up but it is not formally raising...
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thanks. >> speaker of the house john boehner. again, the agreement that came forth after house republicans said they would set aside their differences trying to demand democrats look for a way to pay for this proposed tax cut. again, totaling about $150 billion that will extend the payroll tax cut through the end of this year. and of course that's part of the larger debate about the national debt. now at $15.3 trillion and growing. the question we're asking here at c-span radio, do you think enough attention is being paid on the federal deficit? give us a call. 202-626-7962. again the phone number, 202-626-7962. >>> shivon hughes covers congress for down jones news wires. he wrote speaker boehner expected the chamber to vote this week on a payroll tax cut extension package. but that a hiccup had emerged today over how to cover the cost of extending jobless benefits. what's that hiccup? >> the hiccup has to do with how do you pay for it? negotiators thought they had a deal, they thought that auctioning off some of the federal spec
thanks. >> speaker of the house john boehner. again, the agreement that came forth after house republicans said they would set aside their differences trying to demand democrats look for a way to pay for this proposed tax cut. again, totaling about $150 billion that will extend the payroll tax cut through the end of this year. and of course that's part of the larger debate about the national debt. now at $15.3 trillion and growing. the question we're asking here at c-span radio, do you...
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but expect it will be john boehner working along with the president. i'm sure mitch mcconnell will be very closely involved in the discussions with leader boehner. >> you don't believe a deal should come out of the senate and then be introduced in the house? >> well, i think the elections are over. we need to find solutions to help our country move forward in a positive direction and as the chairman of the joint chiefs of staffs says the biggest threat to our national security is actually our debt. we need to get this spending under control and get people back to work. >> i want to talk about this issue of taxes and tax rates and get you to respond to something from not exactly someone who is known as a liberal thinker here. take a listen. >> it won't kill the country if we raise tax as little bit on millionaires. it really won't, i don't think. i don't know why republicans don't take obama's offer to freeze taxes for everyone below $250,000. make it $500,000, make it a million. the republican party is going to defend a bunch of millionaires, half of w
but expect it will be john boehner working along with the president. i'm sure mitch mcconnell will be very closely involved in the discussions with leader boehner. >> you don't believe a deal should come out of the senate and then be introduced in the house? >> well, i think the elections are over. we need to find solutions to help our country move forward in a positive direction and as the chairman of the joint chiefs of staffs says the biggest threat to our national security is...
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apparently speaker boehner is and many in the republican leader are. are you? >>guest: okay let me give you an example of why --. >>neil: you are not answering me. >>guest: wait, wait, wait, illinois -- back when governor walker in wisconsin was making systematic changes to the state budget and making legitimate and difficult cuts his neighbors in illinois were not. all they did, they said --. >>neil: i know, i know, i know, i know. but would you look at closing the loopholes as a step? >>guest: closing the loopholes that hurt charity service that will hurt the poor? and the weak? and the hungry? >>neil: no, no, no, you are not budging on anything? >>guest: it is not that i will not budge. i want a serious conversation with the president. i will not compromise my child's future and i will not hurt the charities. >>neil: you answered my question. always good to have you. >>guest: are you afraid i am going to leap through and grab you? >>neil: i was. and new york residents are now taking to the streets. >> more jobs. >> we pay the highest rates in the country out
apparently speaker boehner is and many in the republican leader are. are you? >>guest: okay let me give you an example of why --. >>neil: you are not answering me. >>guest: wait, wait, wait, illinois -- back when governor walker in wisconsin was making systematic changes to the state budget and making legitimate and difficult cuts his neighbors in illinois were not. all they did, they said --. >>neil: i know, i know, i know, i know. but would you look at closing the...
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has the upper naned negotiations over the fiscal cliff, especially with the republican speaker john boehner signaling he may be ready for a deal. so conservatives are warning while the president does not have to face the voters again, congressional democrats will in two years. tax hikes could come back to haunt them. >> i think he is going to require increase in tax rate on wealthy. that is his downfall. that is just makes no sense whatsoever. the wealthy are the people who hire everyone else. you can't love jobs and hate job creators. >> white house officials note the president campaigned on raising taxes and he won so he thinks he can sell it to the congressional democrats. meanwhile, the white house officials tonight say he will make the first post-election statement at the white house. tomorrow afternoon, talk about the economy, fiscal cliff. it doesn't look like he will take questions, not a full scale. post election news conference, though. it may be coming soon. >> bret: we'll cover it live on fox. thanks. what is the most pressing issue right now for president? let me know on twitte
has the upper naned negotiations over the fiscal cliff, especially with the republican speaker john boehner signaling he may be ready for a deal. so conservatives are warning while the president does not have to face the voters again, congressional democrats will in two years. tax hikes could come back to haunt them. >> i think he is going to require increase in tax rate on wealthy. that is his downfall. that is just makes no sense whatsoever. the wealthy are the people who hire everyone...
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both for president obama and for the house majority leader boehner. mitch mcconnell at least in public he tendses to look at president obama like a hitchhiker with pets or something. he doesn't want anything to do with him. if he continues to hold it, his first statement election night after president obama won, to say the least not very generous. >> not quite bipartisan. >> if mcconnell holds to that line, then big trouble for the obama agenda and for what boehner and others hoped to accomplish and big trouble for the country. some things you feel congress is so out of touch, i don't know how they could be after this election but, you know, there's out of date as these belt and slacks men used to wear. >> the metaphors are beautiful. >> belts and slacks. >> i love it. >> but i actually think there is a lot of truth there, which is they have the lowest approval rating historically. the obstructionism i don't think you can play it again for another two years. >> i think this is one where the members of the republican caucus in the senate have to let th
both for president obama and for the house majority leader boehner. mitch mcconnell at least in public he tendses to look at president obama like a hitchhiker with pets or something. he doesn't want anything to do with him. if he continues to hold it, his first statement election night after president obama won, to say the least not very generous. >> not quite bipartisan. >> if mcconnell holds to that line, then big trouble for the obama agenda and for what boehner and others hoped...
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listen to what he and boehner have said since the election, boehner is clearly open to revenue, doesn't want rates to go up. the president is going to reassert that wealthy have to pay some. but you can actually bridge that divide if you get into pay through something other than higher rates. for example, closing off deductions. those are the kind of -- >> the thing that mitt romney was talking about but was not specific in one of the debates. >> if you think about it the president has talked about tax reform, his acceptance speech. i don't expect him to get into details of how he'll do that. the key is the tone as andrew was saying, people confidence is very important here, es special lir to the markets, the economy, the president to come out and say we won here's the mandate you take this, take our conditions or you'll bear it on your head if a recession happens, that i think is not what the markets want to see. >> and andrew ross sorkin, as we wait for the president to walk in, what -- we see now is that the gang of eight have been meeting. you've had bob corker and others participat
listen to what he and boehner have said since the election, boehner is clearly open to revenue, doesn't want rates to go up. the president is going to reassert that wealthy have to pay some. but you can actually bridge that divide if you get into pay through something other than higher rates. for example, closing off deductions. those are the kind of -- >> the thing that mitt romney was talking about but was not specific in one of the debates. >> if you think about it the president...
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boehner and his supposed mandate right now? >> well, i think that he said that the election would be a mandate, it was, and he lost. and i think that the important point about the crystal comment is that there's now a wedge in the republican party that the president needs to exploit. there's a wedge between the realist wing and the kind of fa fantasy, childish wing. the realist wing understands the president has a mandate. democrats won the presidency and the senate. we won a majority -- we won the popular vote if you add up the house races as well. look, i think it's in both parties' interest to avoid the fiscal cliff. neither of them want it for a whole host of reasons, including it will be damaging to the economy. we learned recently that president obama in august of 2011 was kind of ready to do a nixon goes to china moment on entitlements and i think that's still on the table. have real entitlement reform. on taxes it's as bill clinton said. it's simple math. spending is at 24% of gdp. taxes are at about 15% of gdp right no
boehner and his supposed mandate right now? >> well, i think that he said that the election would be a mandate, it was, and he lost. and i think that the important point about the crystal comment is that there's now a wedge in the republican party that the president needs to exploit. there's a wedge between the realist wing and the kind of fa fantasy, childish wing. the realist wing understands the president has a mandate. democrats won the presidency and the senate. we won a majority --...
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house speaker boehner gave the republican address. he talked about the so-called fiscal cliff. >> hi, everybody. as you gather with family and friends, michele and i wanted to wish you a merry christmas and happy holidays. >> we love this time of year. there is nothing like celebrating the holidays at the white house. it is an incredible experience that we try to share with as many folks as possible. this month more than 90,000 people will come to the white house to see the holiday decorations. this yours thing was joy to all. was joy to all. >> this week and parents are picking up their kids from college and making room for all the laundry they are bringing with them. kids are counting down the hours until their grandparents arrive. cousins and aunts and uncles aren't joining the family for the holiday spirit. -- are joining families for the holiday spirit. this year that is especially true for our military families. the war in iraq is over. after a decade of war, our heroes are coming home. all across america, military families are
house speaker boehner gave the republican address. he talked about the so-called fiscal cliff. >> hi, everybody. as you gather with family and friends, michele and i wanted to wish you a merry christmas and happy holidays. >> we love this time of year. there is nothing like celebrating the holidays at the white house. it is an incredible experience that we try to share with as many folks as possible. this month more than 90,000 people will come to the white house to see the holiday...
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john boehner has his own base. i always struck chuck last night, john boehner comes out in that interview and talks about immigration reform. watch tweeter, afterwards. steve king from iowa, john fleming from louisiana. house conservatives. i talked to staffers, they said they don't represent the house but you give them attention. when they go to twitter and tee off in the minutes after their speakers talks about immigration reform. >> steve king is already making noises about running for the tom harkin seat. is harkin retiring? we don't know for sure. that's been the long assumption. big opportunity for republicans midterm. iowa on top of the ticket. >> abs lieuly. >> already we know that there's going to be a real republican primary. mitch mcconnell and john corbin basically went about this in a placate the base, contindon't, know, disrupt this. and it failed. now, they're not getting blame and i'm surprised. >> here's the deal. in 2010 they did get involved in a lot of places. >> they tried. >> they tried. most
john boehner has his own base. i always struck chuck last night, john boehner comes out in that interview and talks about immigration reform. watch tweeter, afterwards. steve king from iowa, john fleming from louisiana. house conservatives. i talked to staffers, they said they don't represent the house but you give them attention. when they go to twitter and tee off in the minutes after their speakers talks about immigration reform. >> steve king is already making noises about running for...
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speaker boehner's comments today were about 15 minutes. >> this week we got word from the congressional bug office that after three years of the president's policies, unemployment is expected to stay high for the noer seeable future. it's clear the president's policies are not helping the economy, that's making it work. house republicans continue to listen to the american people, and the house is continuing its work on jobs this week. now various committees are bringing for -- the bill will help create private sector jobs and ease rising gas prices. by reforming the way taxpayer dollars are spent, it will reform safe roads and bridges that is required for our long-term economic growth. and it does so without any earmarks. it's going to be a different kind of transportation bill. and over the 21 years i have been in congress, i have never voted for a transportation bill because it's loaded up with earmarks, the last bill, 6,617 earmarks. so this is going to be different from anything we have seen in the past. this week leader cantor also announced that the house will consider a tax cut f
speaker boehner's comments today were about 15 minutes. >> this week we got word from the congressional bug office that after three years of the president's policies, unemployment is expected to stay high for the noer seeable future. it's clear the president's policies are not helping the economy, that's making it work. house republicans continue to listen to the american people, and the house is continuing its work on jobs this week. now various committees are bringing for -- the bill...
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these are obviously two private organizations so i don't have any information for you on that speaker boehner said today that he thought the rule that hhs announced to provide kwon tra acceptive services that that -- is unconstitutional. and i'm wondering, why, without getting into the whole constitutionality, why does the obama administration think it has the right to tell any organizationa they have to provide a service even if that service going against their religious believes. let's be clear about what the decision does. first of all on the constitutionality issue, we obviously do not believe this is constitutional. but the point of the decision, which was made aftercareful consideration and we believe reaches the appropriate balance between religious believes and the need to provide-make services available to women across the country. we want to make sherr that women have access to good health care. and that all women who need access to contraceptives can get them without strog pay a co-pay every time they go to the pharmacy. there's been some misstatements about what it actually does.
these are obviously two private organizations so i don't have any information for you on that speaker boehner said today that he thought the rule that hhs announced to provide kwon tra acceptive services that that -- is unconstitutional. and i'm wondering, why, without getting into the whole constitutionality, why does the obama administration think it has the right to tell any organizationa they have to provide a service even if that service going against their religious believes. let's be...
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after a day of heated rhetoric that began on capitol hill, when boehner was blunt in again rejecting the president's demand for power to raise the country's debt ceiling. >> congress is never going to give up our ability to control the purse. and the fact is, is that the debt limit ought to be used to bring fiscal sanity to washington, d.c. >> reporter: as the deadline to reach a deal to avert the fiscal cliff draws ever closer, republicans say the real issue is spending cuts. >> listen, republicans want to solve this problem by getting the spending line down. the president wants to pretend that spending isn't the problem. that's why we don't have an agreement. >> reporter: a claim the white house denies, spokesman jay carney. >> let's just be clear. there is one party to these negotiations who has put forward a specific proposal for revenue and a specific proposal for spending cuts. even when the republicans-- and i saw speaker boehner do this earlier today-- insist that the president hasn't put forward spending cuts, one, it begs the question, what spending cuts have the republican
after a day of heated rhetoric that began on capitol hill, when boehner was blunt in again rejecting the president's demand for power to raise the country's debt ceiling. >> congress is never going to give up our ability to control the purse. and the fact is, is that the debt limit ought to be used to bring fiscal sanity to washington, d.c. >> reporter: as the deadline to reach a deal to avert the fiscal cliff draws ever closer, republicans say the real issue is spending cuts....
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john boehner still has a chance to change this. the last two committees that have open chairman spots are the committee on house administration and the committee on ethics, speaker boehner wants to pick a woman, any woman, he just has to choose one from among the membership of those two communities, right? this is the binder full of women that ber
john boehner still has a chance to change this. the last two committees that have open chairman spots are the committee on house administration and the committee on ethics, speaker boehner wants to pick a woman, any woman, he just has to choose one from among the membership of those two communities, right? this is the binder full of women that ber
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you think the tax code will look like when these conversations between the president and speaker john boehner are done? what will look like when they are done? >> i think we will have slightly higher marginal tax rates on some -- at least one high income tax bracket and i think there will be a variety of tax and exclusions and deductions that are scaled back modestly and that's about it. >> it scaled-back means capt. someone, i agree completely. ." >> i think we will see some of those things rolled back. i think the top rate will be in between 39 and 45%. >> we have some common ground among our economists where we will end up. thank you for joining us and thank you all. i appreciate the pedersen foundation to participate. >> as i have contemplated how the burlington -- the meeting to close, i remember a nobel prize winner at the university of chicago where it was presumably educated used to say if you have no alternative, you have no problem. i thought about the alternative of delivering what i'm sure you would love to hear -- a 30- minute lecture or simply saying thank you very much. deeply
you think the tax code will look like when these conversations between the president and speaker john boehner are done? what will look like when they are done? >> i think we will have slightly higher marginal tax rates on some -- at least one high income tax bracket and i think there will be a variety of tax and exclusions and deductions that are scaled back modestly and that's about it. >> it scaled-back means capt. someone, i agree completely. ." >> i think we will see...
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i mean, over the past week, the sequestration situation is looking a little bit worse after speaker boehner made the point that, you know, all of the stuff that we saw in the last negotiations could possibly happen again which has some people concerned that 4kdv that we're definitely going to be .1t'>e"blmseeing at the ápáion, a month- to-month sort of extension. how would any of these work and what sort of impact would they have? >> they don't work well, none of those options work well. what they do is they make it impossible for the department of defense to plan against them. and some of the planning that d.o.d. will have to do for the possibility of sequestration will have to start this summer, just in terms of getting prepared to execute what is currently the law of the land. so the more unsesht there is, 4v there is, the v87)?bkio[] yo ]ycs÷oÑrw question of how one actually takes the cuts. item, emñ ]30e5"?p7 program the way you interpret the law or are you literally bound, hand, foot gagged and such in which case it doesn't seem like a single program will be able to function i
i mean, over the past week, the sequestration situation is looking a little bit worse after speaker boehner made the point that, you know, all of the stuff that we saw in the last negotiations could possibly happen again which has some people concerned that 4kdv that we're definitely going to be .1t'>e"blmseeing at the ápáion, a month- to-month sort of extension. how would any of these work and what sort of impact would they have? >> they don't work well, none of those options...
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john boehner still has a chance to change this. the last two committees that have open chairman spots are the committee on house
john boehner still has a chance to change this. the last two committees that have open chairman spots are the committee on house
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boehner needs to get his party in line. they do have a divided party in the republican party with the tea partiers, and then, harry reid and presi they need to come together. >> kelly: selena, angela lays it on the line particularly about the republicans dividing themselv themselves because of the tea party. can the prison hope to bri-- the president hope to bring them table. >> it's not the president's responsibility to bring the republicans out there. >> kelly: he almost has to an olive branch? >> he's passed a bill maintaining the tax cuts on those who make under $250,000 and it's on speaker john boehner at this point to simply pass the senate bill and if nothing is done it's on speaker john boehner not on the president, whether or not the tax cuts expire on january 1. >> but at the end of the day, it will be the american people that are hurt. yes, there is a bill in the senate, and yes, boehner could pass it, but he says that he does not want to raise taxes and the congressional budget office says, kelly, if we do what
boehner needs to get his party in line. they do have a divided party in the republican party with the tea partiers, and then, harry reid and presi they need to come together. >> kelly: selena, angela lays it on the line particularly about the republicans dividing themselv themselves because of the tea party. can the prison hope to bri-- the president hope to bring them table. >> it's not the president's responsibility to bring the republicans out there. >> kelly: he almost has...
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boehner asked the president to publicly address who knew what and when. he also asks the president to explain why, and i'll quote him, it appears military assets were not prepositioned and utilized in the immediate aftermath of the attack. now, on that specific point, defense secretary leon panetta stood up today and defended the administration. >> the basic principle is that you don't deploy forces into harm's way without knowing what's going on, without having some real-time information about what's taking place. and as a result of not having that kind of information, the commander who was on the ground, or in that area, general hamp, general dempsey and i felt strongly we could not put forces at risk in that situation. >> well, for weeks the white house than criticized for its response to the attack that killed ambassador chris stevens and three other americans. senator corker has been one of those demanding answers and he's "outfront" tonight. senator, good to see you again. you heard leon panetta giving a nuanced answer as to why he made the decision
boehner asked the president to publicly address who knew what and when. he also asks the president to explain why, and i'll quote him, it appears military assets were not prepositioned and utilized in the immediate aftermath of the attack. now, on that specific point, defense secretary leon panetta stood up today and defended the administration. >> the basic principle is that you don't deploy forces into harm's way without knowing what's going on, without having some real-time information...
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boehner is a deal maker. i'm the easiest guy in the world to get along with. >> john boehner and mitch mcconnell are professionals when it comes to understanding the art of the deal. we didn't win the elections, didn't get the senate. we have to accept the hand that's been dealt to us. if you don't get to take something off the table unless you put something on the table unless you have got a gun. we don't have a gun. we didn't get that in the election. so what we have got to understand and i'm hoping members of congress will follow the leader and members of the senate will follow their leader. you can't have every republican member of congress and member of the senate trying to create a side deal. that's disaster in the making. they are not going to get everything they want. they have got to get everything they can and protect the american people more than protect party ideology as they try to keep us from falling off the cliff. republicans can't afford to get blamed for this. bill: speaker boehner seems to
boehner is a deal maker. i'm the easiest guy in the world to get along with. >> john boehner and mitch mcconnell are professionals when it comes to understanding the art of the deal. we didn't win the elections, didn't get the senate. we have to accept the hand that's been dealt to us. if you don't get to take something off the table unless you put something on the table unless you have got a gun. we don't have a gun. we didn't get that in the election. so what we have got to understand...
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pointed a finger at speaker boehner. saying his push for plan "b" shut down negotiations on plan "a." major $4 trillion deficit deal. the president tried to tell the public it should not be about him. >> they find ways to say no. as opposed to finding ways to say yes. i don't know how much has to do with it's hard for them to say yes to me. >> that is shortly after the president said it was about him. and the wing re-election message about taxing the rich. >> we had extensive debate about this for a year. not only does majority of the american people agree with me, half of the republican voters agree with me on this. >> after the president's 35-minute news conference boehner responded in over 50 seconds. >> tomorrow, the house will pass legislation to make permanent tax relief for nearly every american. 99.81% of the american people. then the president has a decision to make to call on the senate democrats to pass the bill. or be responsible for the largest tax increase. >> boehner facing a big problem with his plan to r
pointed a finger at speaker boehner. saying his push for plan "b" shut down negotiations on plan "a." major $4 trillion deficit deal. the president tried to tell the public it should not be about him. >> they find ways to say no. as opposed to finding ways to say yes. i don't know how much has to do with it's hard for them to say yes to me. >> that is shortly after the president said it was about him. and the wing re-election message about taxing the rich....